Farley replies on BR's behalf to Feinberg's letter of 5 December to BR. BR is "delighted with the catalogue and grateful for your kind words in The Times. He is particularly sorry not to write to you personally at the present time lest he be thought to be ungrateful for the magnificent catalogue, but hopes to write at a later date."

Regarding Volume 2 of the Autobiography, Farley notes what changes BR has agreed to and what is still under consideration. "A revised version" of the acknowledgements "is being posted to you separately."

"With reference to your letter of December 1 to Malcolm Barnes of Allen and Unwin, BR does not agree to the suggestion in your third paragraph."